Merge pull request #93 from us-irs/prep-v0.26.1

prepare patch release

Author: robamu

Diff for: CHANGELOG.md

@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
 # [unreleased]
 
+# [v0.26.1] 2024-11-30
+
 ## Fixed
 
 - Unpacking / re-packing was buggy for some file directives when the PDU checksum was activated.
@@ -18,6 +20,11 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
   - Metadata
   - Finished
 
+## Added
+
+- Typing improvements: Most raw byte APIs like `unpack` methods now accept both `bytes` and
+  `bytearray`
+
 # [v0.26.0] 2024-11-27
 
 - Python 3.8 is not supported anymore as it has reached end-of-life.

Diff for: pyproject.toml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 name = "spacepackets"
 description = "Various CCSDS and ECSS packet implementations"
 readme = "README.md"
-version = "0.26.0"
+version = "0.26.1"
 requires-python = ">=3.9"
 license = {text = "Apache-2.0"}
 authors = [